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Hof van beroep te Gent bevestigt - nieuwe mildere strafwet heeft gevolgen voor oude belastingve…

Het hof van beroep te Gent bevestigt vandaag (18 november 2025) in een dossier behartigd door ons kantoor onze zienswijze dat de mildere strafwet van 18 juli 2025 ook van toepassin…

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Legal tech company Afriwise acquires LawExplorer and boosts regulatory intelligence in Africa

Afriwise, Africa’s fastest-growing legal-intelligence platform founded by Belgian lawyer Steven De Backer, has acquired LawExplorer, South Africa’s most established provider of reg…

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Promotion at DALDEWOLF

DALDEWOLF is pleased to announce the promotion of Lucie MARCHAL to the position of Counsel in the European Union Law team.

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05/12/25
Belgium: Increase of the withholding tax on dividends – Does…

Despite the recent tax measures, single-person management companies remain …

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25/11/25
2026 Budget agreement – Tax and social measures

Today, the government reached a budget agreement, setting a multi-year path…

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Each day we publish several articles written by legal and tax specialists from law firms, notaries offices, the legal departments from payroll agencies and tax consultants.

It is the perfect way for lawyers at the Bar, in-house counsel, barristers, solicitors, notaries, bailiffs, paralegals and any other legal professional with an interest in Belgian and European law to keep informed of new legislative initiatives, case law, legal doctrine and all other legal developments on the Belgian legal scene!

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The Flemish Tax Administration’s latest and enlarged position on split purchases leads to confusion

The Flemish Tax Administration’s latest and enlarged position on split purchases leads to confusion The Flemish Tax Administration has recently expan…

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SGEI in the airport sector

On 19 January 2016, the European Commission approved compensation for public service obligations to two Swedish airports (Sundsvall Timra and Skelleft…

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State aid and ports

The European Commission has adopted several recent decisions on State aid relating to the port sector.  Firstly, on 15 January 2016, the Commiss…

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The Belgian Competition Authority’s new Cartel Leniency Guidelines

On 22 March 2016, the Belgian Competition Authority’s (“BCA”) new cartel leniency guidelines (the “Guidelines”) entered into force.[1] Below we brief…

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Nieuwe Omzendbrief inzake familiebedrijven: enkele nieuwigheden

Om “estate planners” te voorzien van voldoende (boeiende) gespreksstof aan de feesttafel, publiceerde Minister Turtelboom op de laatste dag van 2…

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Court of Justice annulled Commission's requests for information in cement cartel case

On 10 March 2016, the Court of Justice ruled that the European Commission's requests for information addressed to several cement companies d…

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The European Commission publishes its initial findings on geo-blocking in the e-commerce sector

Last 18th March, the Commission published an initial “Issues paper” on geo-blocking in the EU within the framework of the ongoing e-commerce sector in…

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De advocaat kan consument zijn – (nood aan) algemene verruiming van het consumentenbegrip?

Recent werd het Europees Hof van Justitie via een prejudiciële vraag, gesteld door de Roemeense districtsrechtbank te Oradea, verzocht te oordelen of …

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The ODR platform – obligations for traders

On 15 February 2016, the European Commission activated the Online Dispute Resolution ("ODR") platform, enabling consumers and traders to use Alternati…

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Kapitaalverminderingen bij holdings in het vizier van fiscaal misbruik?

Sinds enige tijd stelt de fiscale administratie dat bepaalde kapitaalverminderingen in toepassing van fiscaal misbruik aangemerkt moeten worden als di…

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Opinie: uw vermogen is een oldtimer

Het zijn rare, zelfs moeilijke tijden. Nul groei, waarbij negatieve economische groei helemaal niet kan worden uitgesloten. Samen met het wegzinken va…

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EU Lawmakers and experts voice doubts on Privacy Shield

Lawmakers and experts have voiced doubts about the value of new rules proposed by the European Commission to protect the privacy of EU citizens' data …

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EU Court Rejects Glucose Related Health Claims

Yesterday, the General Court confirmed that the European Commission is entitled to refuse to authorize health claims despite a positive opinion f…

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Nieuwe Permante Fiscale regularisatie goedgekeurd

Vrijdag 11 maart 2016 heeft de regering het wetsontwerp tot invoering van een permanent systeem van fiscale en sociale regularisatie goedgekeurd. Deze…

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Final list of tax havens published

On 10 and 11 March 2016, the final Royal Decrees regarding the revised list of tax havens that apply for the so-called dividends received deducti…

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Tate & Lyle decision implemented in Belgian tax law

The scope of the reduced rate of withholding tax on dividends has been increased in order to reflect the Court of Justice of the European Union's 2012…

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Tax Avoidance Directive

On 28 January 2016, the European Commission launched its proposal for a Directive laying down rules against tax avoidance practices that dir…

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Nouvelle procédure permanente belge de régularisation fiscale – DLU IV

Avec quelques mois de retard, le Gouvernement belge est sur le point de finaliser la nouvelle procédure de régularisation fiscale (et sociale) – …

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In-depth investigations by the Commission into abuses of dominant position

In July 2015, the Commission opened two in-depth investigations into potential abusive practices of Qualcomm, a baseband chipset company. The results …

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Ook de overheid (en dus ook de fiscus) dient de rechtsplegingsvergoeding te betalen

Het Grondwettelijk Hof heeft op 3 maart 2016 het artikel vernietigd waarin wordt bepaald dat publiekrechtelijke rechtspersonen die in het algemeen bel…

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